The Sox did so many good things on offense tonight that it's easy to overlook how well Quintana pitched. I think the Jays only got one runner in scoring position with less than two outs, and he didn't break down in the two-out situations. Quintana basically shut the Jays down three times through the order. Fortunately, the Sox scored early and added runs to put the game out of reach by the time the bullpen was needed.

On one hand, most of the runs were driven in by home runs. But the first home run would have driven in two runs with two outs even if the ballpark had held it. Scoring three run after the first two hitters are retired was huge. Scoring on two sacrifice flies in the seventh to extend a lead after six is how you win ballgames.

A good night for Flowers with a couple of hits and Ramirez with a couple of hits and Viciedo with a couple of hits. A great night for Quintana.

Not so much for Colby Rasmus.

I see what you did there.

__________________"I have the ultimate respect for White Sox fans. They were as miserable as the Cubs and Red Sox fans ever were but always had the good decency to keep it to themselves. And when they finally won the World Series, they celebrated without annoying every other fan in the country." Jim Caple, ESPN (January 12, 2011)

"We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the (bleeding) obvious is the first duty of intelligent men." — George Orwell

And the Sox have an incredibly deep pen and that's before we factor in Axelrod assuming Danks eventually comes back.

Axelrod apparently has a mental issue with coming out of the pen. This was documented a couple of weeks ago in the Trib, and it is somewhat backed up by his numbers last year. If he has time to prepare for a team (ie the Yankees and Red Sox starts last year), he has potential to do well. When he comes out of the pen on short rest or with little preparation, his performance has suffered.

Do we have any other options for third base other than Kepplinger and Morel?

The guy has been boyond awful. Biggest dissapointment to me so far this year. Cannot continue to send him up there in the 2 hole. Problem is, who do you hit 2nd? Don't want Alexei there either. We have seen that movie already, besides, he is having his best April ever. Don't mess with that.

The guy has been boyond awful. Biggest dissapointment to me so far this year. Cannot continue to send him up there in the 2 hole. Problem is, who do you hit 2nd? Don't want Alexei there either. We have seen that movie already, besides, he is having his best April ever. Don't mess with that.

Oh, I got that, I'm not going to defend Dunn, Viciedo, or Flowers who have really no established track record of production at this point, so I'm basing what little hope I have for any of them, I know, on faith and prayers.

Keppinger, though, his last three years has hit .296/.341/.402 which is more than adequate for a 2nd baseman.